All shareholder voting articles
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NewsInvestor group calls for climate vote at high-emitting companies
Investors including LAPFF, CCLA Investment Management and Ethos Foundation write to FTSE companies in high-risk sectors seeking AGM vote on climate transition plans
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NewsSmart Pension seeds new split voting low carbon fund with £550m
New fund is first using service unveiled by AMX and DWS last year
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NewsCamden scheme uses Tumelo’s pass-through voting solution
The fund will now be able to direct their vote on include CEO remuneration and climate concerns
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Country ReportFrance moves ahead with innovative climate reporting rules
A new French law could compel companies to disclose their climate plans
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NewsFrance’s lower house votes for mandatory Say on Climate
FIR, a French sustainable investment lobby group, says that only nine companies published climate resolutions so far out of 795 on the Euronext Paris stock exchange
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NewsFCA seeks feedback on plans to make investors explain voting decisions
Asset owners are not receiving sufficient information regarding the reason that asset managers had cast votes a particular way
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NewsFirms think fund managers are better qualified to vote than stewardship teams
The FRC prepares to review the UK Steward Code and other regulatory tools later this year
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NewsCorporate governance: Investors rethinking Say on Climate votes
To prevent investors from being overloaded, the French SIF has begun evaluating every Say on Climate proposal in France
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NewsUK roundup: Church of England supports climate change resolution at Toyota AGM
Plus: Avon fund invests £700m in climate-focused assets; Aegon scheme completes buy-in deal; Teachers’ Pension Scheme picks admin
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NewsCorporate governance: Voting for stronger rules
‘Stewardship codes weren’t developed to save the planet,’ says Dionysia Katelouzou of King’s College London
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NewsCorporate governance roundup: Investors seize opportunity to drive down emissions
Plus: AGMs of ExxonMobil and Chevron to follow; Open consultation at Glencore; Financial institutions press companies to disclose climate impact
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NewsCorporate governance: Investor sentiment is not clear this AGM season
‘It feels like there’s a moment of reflection happening across all camps: those that support responsible investment and those that are sceptical of it,’ says ShareAction
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NewsCorporate governance: What are the themes of this year’s AGM season?
ShareAction will be calling out companies on DEI issues this AGM season, particularly their ethnicity pay gaps
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NewsCorporate governance roundup: UK’s Church Commissioners vote against directors
Plus: PIRC opposes Shell chair over climate risks
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NewsInstitutional investors call on companies for cost of living support for employees
The group of 15 investors worth £2.37trn (€2.7trn) of assets under management include ACTIAM, Aviva Investors, LGIM and NEST
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NewsPension investors repeat demand to TotalEnergies: align emissions with Paris
The French energy firm refused to table a similar resolution at last year’s AGM, but investors have found a way to prevent this from happening again
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NewsCometa to vote for diversity and equal opportunities at AGMs
The Italian pension fund wants booard members from gender minorities to hold senior roles
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NewsNorway’s GPFG calls for more minority shareholder protection
NBIM tells European Commission more wording is needed in draft directive on multiple-vote share structures
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NewsAGM season: ESG ‘wins’ in shareholder requests
‘Complex environmental and social challenges are not going away just because they prompt controversy,’ says Heidi Welsh of the Sustainable Investments Institute
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NewsAsset owners target top management performance at AGMs
Decisions on ESG and executive pay are also top priorities
